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Wednesday, April 30, 2014

I thought I would share a little embossing resist tutorial with you today, which I am sharing on the Scrapmuch? blog. You will need Versamark, clear embossing powder, a heat gun, and a couple of contrasting colours of mist.

I have created a card with this technique, but it would also be great on the background of a layout.

Start by stamping and embossing an image onto your base, heat set the embossing powder.

Now spray a little mist onto a craft mat (or a piece of recycled plastic - I try to reuse all my crafty garbage at least once before I toss it) you will want a little puddle of each, you do not need a lot.

Using a baby wipe or a foam brush rub a little of the deepest colour across your embossed image, going a little wider than the image in all directions.

Give the image a little clean up with a baby wipe to make the embossed
area more visible. The embossing gives you some working time.

Repeat the last two steps for each colour you choose to use.

After a final wipe, I used the tube / paint stamping technique from last week to put a ring around the age of the recipient of this card to play up on the image. Then I mounted my base onto a card front and stamped a birthday sentiment.

I think I will give this a try on a layout, I think it could be a fun way to highlight some random stamping.

Tuesday, April 29, 2014

I am up on the Evalicious blog today with a new project! I had so much fun creating this page, it turned out a little different than I had anticipated but I love it more this way. Originally my idea was to lay the elements out in a more linear fashion, but I ran out of room (that always happens to me) so I clustered up my journaling tags a bit more and it feels much more me this way.

I started by choosing a colourful array of journalling tags and pulled other elements in from my stash in the same scheme. I wanted to keep some of the elements quiet to have my story as the focal point, so I used vellum as well.

I stamped some journal tags with one of the the Label It stamps, and trimmed them all out with scissors.

Now are you ready for my admission? I totally thought the background paper was polka dots until I was finished! ha! What a nut! Anyway, I love the colours, so it stays. Don't focus and pretend you see polka dots too!

Thanks for visiting! And don't forget to pop by the Evalicious blog to see what the rest of the team is up to!

Monday, April 28, 2014

I have a new page to share with you, this one was created for Let's Get Sketchy, sadly this is my last DT layout for the team, I am finding it a challenge to keep up with all of my DT work and commenting and still stay on top of homeschooling. I will however, still be working with Brenshevia on the magazine, so I least I still get to keep up with all of my LGS scrappy peeps!

I love wood grained papers and this one just seemed so fitting for this page, along with a chicken wire mask and my little die cut cow, it rounds out the farm theme quite nicely. This layout is almost 100% My Mind's Eye, with the exception of the cardstock and paint.

This week's sketch was created by Brenshevia.

I hope you pop on over to Let's Get Sketchy to see what the rest of the team created and join in on the challenge!

Wednesday, April 23, 2014

I have a new tutorial up on the ScrapMuch? blog today. I do not even know what to call this one, but it incorporates stamping, paint, randomness and recycling. It is easy enough for the kiddies to do, too. So it has to be good, right!

So grab yourself some paint (any colour is fine), waxed paper to make for a nice flat palette with easy clean up, and a paper towel tube.

Please do not use toilet paper tubes, especially if you are crafting with children. I know I am a germiphobe, but have you ever seen a video about how far the toilet splashes as it flushes.... there is no surface in your bathroom that is safe. So please recycle those tubes, but do not reuse them.

Next decide what you want to use for your background, I decided on plain off-white cardstock.

Then I just started stamping, I used a fairly regular pattern, but random stamping would work fine too.

After my paint stamping dried I used my creation for a card background, I think it turned out pretty cute.

Can you imagine using this technique on a scrapbook page background, kind of the way you would use a mask. I think it would be incredible, and quick and easy!

Next week I am showing you how I incorporate this technique with another, you won't want to miss it it is fabulous!

Wednesday, April 16, 2014

I ran across this tutorial online and knew I just had to give it a whirl, it is so fun and easy - you will love it! It also involves a bit of recycling so with earth day coming up next week it is perfect timing, too!

I am using an old American Crafts pop dot package, I always keep these as they can be using for so many things.

First you want to separate the front and back. I will put the front away for the next time I want to mix a bit of white paint with mist to make a custom colour, it make a great palette.

Trim the edges off of the back piece so that you have a nice flat piece of acrylic.

Now pop that nice flat piece of acrylic into your Cuttlebug or other embosser, and run it through. I am working with a large polka dot embossing folder.

How cute is this, it embossed like a charm!

Next, I sanded it with an emery board, you could also use fine grit sandpaper. I just didn't have any handy. (Read, I was too lazy to go to the garage and look for some.) This photo shows the subtle difference between the non sanded dots on the left and the sanded dots on the right.

Here is a little close up shot of how the embossed acrylic looks on my projects.

This is my finished project, a birthday card for a sweet friend!

Thank you for joining me today! This tutorial was created for my friends at ScrapMuch?. You should pop on over to their blog and have a look around, there is something going on over there pretty much daily!

Tuesday, April 15, 2014

I am sharing a card for The Doodle Garden today! I am still having fun creating lots of Eastery things!

I had so much fun turning these triplets into a Trip-tic style card. You can find these sweet chicks here, in The Doodle Garden Store. Don't forget to check in at The Doodle Garden blog to keep up to date with all of our goings on and to see what the rest of the team is creating! And don't forget to play along with our current challenge, You can find all of the details here.

I think I am truly ready for nice weather, lately I have been scrapping a lot of summer pages! Here is what I created with the mid month sketch.

I have mixed up My Mind's Eye and Amy Tangerine again, they just seem to work for me. Yellow is my happy colour and even though I have used it sparingly, it is repeated around the page. Do you see all those rubons? They are so old, I must have had them for over 5 years, they are from tinkering Ink! Long before my newly rekindled love for rubons. My title was cut with my Silhouette, but is my own handwriting, love that I can do that!

The laser cut rings are from Creative Embellishments and I just love them, the flair is from Buttons and Badges.

Some ink and a Tim Hotlz mask as well as a bit of bright sunny yellow Mr. Huey's on the background.

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Unless otherwise stated all creations are by Laura Whitaker. Please do not copy my work for submission to publications or contests. However, I would be honored to have you copy/lift my cards or layouts for your own personal use.

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